Example sentences of "[pron] say you [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I say you 'll probably be able to pay in at the Nat West cos you have got an account with them . |
| 2 | So now can you see how politically , there is a kind of political subtext to this section erm as I say you can only follow it so far down a road then you come to a dead end but I think it 's there and you ca n't really ignore it , the political subtext . |
| 3 | Alice were having I said just lend me that twenty pound note cos you , and God knows what she thought the bill was I says I 've got seven pound , I says just lend me your twenty pound note , I says you 'll still have enough to pay I says and I 'll give you it back when I get home , you know ? |
| 4 | I mean my dear , I said to Paul , Paul yesterday was was babbling on about if Karen would take him back and I said Paul I shall be extremely displeased if you ever leave this house to go back to Karen , you know o after only being with me for something like three or four weeks , I said you 'll never come back again I said I 'm not going to be messed about like that ! |
| 5 | fix the switch on I said you 'll never get a new one anyway . |
| 6 | You know how I said you could never see one — because it does n't give out any light ? |
| 7 | I said you can bloody do it for me ! |
| 8 | He said ooh yes , he said oh , I said God , I said you must just remember that this is the number you 've just bloody dialled ! |
| 9 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 10 | ‘ You say you 'll probably be bored , but I bet Giles wo n't . ’ |
| 11 | And she says you 'll still get your twenty five pound voucher . |
| 12 | ‘ She says you must both be insane to want to have me here , when I can pay so little and have no means of making more . |
| 13 | Who says you can only add water to Bisto granules ? |
| 14 | And she said you 'll never guess Angie how we had two fellas tried to latch on to us . |
| 15 | she said you will still wo n't you , you ca n't do much if you just turn up , I do n't know though , their Christmas all freezing and bruises and |
| 16 | She said you can always come round here ? |
| 17 | You said you 'd never let me go . |
| 18 | Who you said you 'd never |
| 19 | They say you can still see a gap in the treeline where the Hurricane shaved the tops off what would then have been saplings . |
| 20 | As I walked , I began to dance and improvise a song : ‘ They said you 'd never make it , la , la , la . ’ |
| 21 | He says you 'll never guess . |
| 22 | He says you can still go out and enjoy yourself in the sun but it 's important to wear a hat and protective clothing — and to avoid the sun altogether when it 's at its height . |
| 23 | Poor old Doctor , he said you 'll never wear your heart out . |
| 24 | oh he did laugh , he said you 'll never live that down |
| 25 | and he said you will then get it cheaper . |
| 26 | He said you could always tell first thing what sort of mood Sir Emmanuel was in . |